Digital defence - two-factor authentication survey

On 22 September 2016 I gave a presentation to the National Digital Practitioners’ Working Group summarising interim findings of the two-factor authentication survey which I mentioned in my last blog post ‘Digital defence – Data security survey’. In summary the majority of practitioners have access to a smart phone, would be able and willing to install an app on their smart phone to provide an access code. Read my presentation in full below:

The survey remains open until 17 October 2016. As such, if you are a member of the defence practitioner community, and you have not provided feedback you can still complete the survey. You can also use the comments section at the bottom of this blog page to feedback your thoughts on my presentation and what we think of the findings we have discovered so far.

We are also exploring alternative methods of two-factor authentication for those that don’t have access to a smart phone, such as a USB key and we would welcome your views on this as an alternative.